Hi Martin--

Worked great after I removed the node() from the following
From>   foreach (XmlNode child in source.SelectSingleNode("A/B/C/D/node()"))
To>   foreach (XmlNode child in source.SelectSingleNode("A/B/C/D"))

Can you explain what's that all about?

Thx so much!


"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message 
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> news.microsoft.com wrote:
>> I need to copy the data/structure from one XML file to another.
>>
>> I found I can get to the data I need, it resides under a node I can 
>> navigate to:
>>
>>
>>
>> XPathDocument _docSrc = new XPathDocument(_pathSrc);
>>
>> XPathNavigator navSrc = ((IXPathNavigable)_docSrc).CreateNavigator();
>>
>> XPathNavigator grpSrc = navSrc.SelectSingleNode("/A/B/C/D");
>>
>> XPathDocument _docDst = new XPathDocument(_pathDst);
>>
>> XPathNavigator navDst = ((IXPathNavigable)_docDst).CreateNavigator();
>>
>> XPathNavigator grpDst = navDst.SelectSingleNode("/A/B/C/D");
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Essentially, I need everything under the D node in Dst to be erased.  How 
>> do I do that, first of all?
>>
>> Second, I need to copy everything from under the D node in Src to under 
>> the D node in Dst.  What is the simples way to do that?
>
> If you want to manipulate XML then XPathDocument is not the right choice, 
> use XmlDocument instead or XDocument in .NET 3.5.
> As for your manipulation you could use e.g.
>   XmlDocument dest = new XmlDocument();
>   dest.Load(_pathDst);
>   XmlNode D = dest.SelectSingleNode("/A/B/C/D");
>   while (D.HasChildNodes)
>   {
>     D.RemoveChild(D.LastChild);
>   }
> to remove the children of D.
> To copy nodes from one document to another you could use e.g.
>   XmlDocument source = new XmlDocument();
>   source.Load(_pathSrc);
>   foreach (XmlNode child in source.SelectSingleNode("A/B/C/D/node()"))
>   {
>     D.AppendChild(D.OwnerDocument.ImportNode(child, true))
>   }
>
>
> -- 
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/